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FILE - Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof poses during a photo call for the film "The Immigrant" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France on May 24, 2013. Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes
The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The … more
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, center left, hold a meeting with universities leaders and representatives from the Union of Jewish Students in Downing Street, London, England, Thursday May 9, 2024. Pro-Palestinian protesters have begun building encampments at universities around the U.K. over the past two weeks as students and academics call on the institutions to cut ties with Israel over its offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)
British government tries to avert the type of unrest seen on American campuses
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday called for an end to antisemitism on campus as he met with university leaders in an effort to prevent the type of unrest seen on … more
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Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the opposition center-right VMRO-DPMNE party celebrates after a news conference in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Citizens voted in North Macedonia on Wednesday in a parliamentary election and presidential runoff dominated by the country's slow path toward European Union membership and its sluggish economy. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Winner of North Macedonia's parliamentary election to seek governing coalition partner
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary … more
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People walk nearby a life size model of a whale displayed at the National Science Museum, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Tokyo. Japan's Fisheries Agency on Thursday said it has proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country's commercial whaling around its coasts. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Fisheries Agency on Thursday proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country's commercial whaling … more
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An Air Vanuatu plane makes an emergency landing at Sydney Airport, August 2, 2001, after suspected under carriage damage. Air Vanuatu announced on Thursday, May 9, 2024, the airline had cancelled international flights for four days and was considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned carrier. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
Air Vanuatu cancels flights and considers bankruptcy protection
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Air Vanuatu announced Thursday the airline had cancelled international flights for four days and was considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned … more
FILE - People demonstrate against Tunisian President Kais Saied's comment on migration, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb. 25, 2023. An anti-discrimination activist in Tunisia was arrested in a money laundering investigation this week as the dangerous and dire conditions facing migrants and their advocates worsen. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
Activist in Tunisia arrested as conditions for migrants and their advocates worsen
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An anti-discrimination activist in Tunisia was arrested in a money laundering investigation this week as the dangerous and dire conditions facing migrants and their advocates … more
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Eden Golan of Israel performs the song Hurricane during the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the song contest is shadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans are gathering in the Swedish city of Malmo, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards … more
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FILE - The then Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Former Prime Minister Bainimarama was sentenced on Thursday, May 9, 2024, to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government of his South Pacific island nation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government of … more
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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden, another unreported in Indian Ocean
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. The claims Thursday by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree come as the … more
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FILE - A group stands under an election banner outside the European Parliament in Brussels on April 29, 2024. The European Union marks Europe Day on Thursday, May 9, but instead of the traditionally muted celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in one month time which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from its global trendsetting climate policies. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time, which portend a steep rise … more
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First torch carrier in France French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou holds the Olympic torch after leaving The Belem, the three-masted sailing ship in the Old port of Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. After leaving Marseille, a vast relay route is undertaken before the torch odyssey ends on July 27 in Paris. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will run from July 26 to Aug.11, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame's journey across the country
Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France’ s southern port city of Marseille, one day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for the welcoming ceremony. The … more
CORRECTS DATE Russian armoured military vehicles roll during the Victory Day military parade dress rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 79 years since the victory in WWII. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russia's celebration of victory in World War II is a key pillar of Putin’s rule
Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly … more
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